I am thinking about buying a switch...

[VAMatt]

COKTOE said:

VAMatt said:
I own a switch and like it. I bought it near launch. But, as a matter of principal, nobody should buy one until the Joycon issue is addressed in an adequate way. Nintendo has sold everyone trash hardware. Simply fixing it for (most, but not all owners) a while lter, after you go without your Joycon for a couple weeks, is not acceptable. They've released a second piece of hardware with seemingly the same problem. So, they clearly haven't gotten the message. Therefore, nobody should purchase a Switch until Nintendo releases revised joycons that don't have the drift issue.

Oh my goodness. I didn't even realize this was a thing. I typed the pertinent data into the google machine, and it appears to be a thing indeed. Maybe this is part of the reason Switch Lite numbers have dropped more sharply than I think most would have expected.

I don't know how much it has impacted sales.  But, I find it to be a totally scummy move by Nintendo.  The issue was very widespread and well known with the regular joycons.  To then go ahead and launch another piece of hardware without fixing the problem is just totally unacceptable.  They've also not been very contrite or transparent about it.  Their PR strategy seems to be to ignore the problem as much as possible.  

Nintendo does not deserve a pass.  They need to be called out, and they need to feel it in the pocket book.  There's no chance that gamers would be this tolerant if MS or Sony knowingly released hardware with a well known, widespread problem like this.